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Archive for June, 2010
  • NASCAR Issues Penalties to NNS No. 25 After NHMS Qualifying Inspection 0 CommentsPosted by THL on June 30, 2010 under Nationwide News, Post Race
    NASCAR announced today that penalties have been issued to the crew chief, owner and driver for the No. 25 NASCAR Nationwide Series team due to rule violations found on June 26 during post-qualifying inspection at last weekend’s event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In addition to having the qualifying time disallowed for the No. 25 car, crew chief Paul Richmond has been fined $10,000 and suspen... more.
  • NNS No.98 to Carry Libman/Menards Paint Scheme for Daytona 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    PAUL MENARD will make his 17th NASCAR Nationwide Series start of 2010 at Daytona International Speedway in Friday’s Subway Jalapeño 250. • MENARD at Daytona… In seven career starts at Daytona, Menard has two top-10 finishes. • LAPS…Menard has completed 98.2% of the laps he has attempted in NNS competition in 2010. • Menard has completed 685 of 807 (84.9%) of the laps he has att... more.
  • No. 6 Ford Mustang to Carry Colors of Blackwell Angus Beef at Daytona 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing News and Notes Heading Into Daytona: • The Driver…Ricky Stenhouse Jr. makes his second career NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Daytona International Speedway on Friday. In February at DIS, Stenhouse started 10th and finished 36th after getting caught up in an accident on lap 68. • The Organization…Roush Fenway Racing has 13 top-fives and 27 top-10s in 53 Na... more.
  • RCR Cup and NNS Advance Notes and Quotes-Harvick, Burton, Bowyer 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Cup Series News, Nationwide News, Pre Race, Pre Race
    RCR Rocks Daytona ... Dating back to 1986, RCR has won seven poles and owns 27 total victories at the most storied race track on the circuit. RCR owns two Daytona 500 wins (Dale Earnhardt - 1998, Kevin Harvick - 2007), two Coke Zero 400 trophies (Earnhardt - 1990, 1993) and 13 qualifying races, including 10 straight victories with Earnhardt (1990 - 1999). Most recently, Harvick became the fourth d... more.
  • Edwards Looks to Put Copart Ford Mustang in Victory Lane at Daytona 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    Carl Edwards on racing at Daytona International Speedway: “We are running the New Ford Mustang for the first time and it should make the weekend very exciting at Daytona. As always, we need to stay out of the “big one” and find drafting partners in order to finish well. Our goal is to survive and have a good points night. Daytona is always big, but racing under the lights on the fourth of... more.
  • Suave Challenge 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Featured Videos, Features, Nationwide News, Nationwide Video, Team PR, Videos
    Suave Men has partnered with Junior Motorsports, pitting the No. 88 Suave Men Chevrolet against the JR Motorsports No. 7 Chevrolet in a head-to-head competition during the Nationwide Series race in July at Chicagoland Speedway. The challenge will play out over the course of the Nationwide Series practice, qualifying and race at Chicagoland Speedway. Each team’s performance will be based on p... more.
  • Johanna Long to Race O’Reilly Raceway Park with Billy Ballew 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under THL Highlights, Team PR, Truck Series News
    Billy Ballew Motorsports (BBM) announced today that Pensacola, Fla.’s Johanna Long will make her NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) debut at O’Reilly Raceway Park on July 23. Long will drive the No. 15 Toyota Tundra in the AAA Insurance 200. It will be Long’s first event in one of NASCAR’s top-three series. Long has already collected an impressive list of racing accomplishments. ... more.
  • G&K Services To Sponsor Mike Wallace; JD Motorsports At Daytona 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race, THL Highlights
    Mike Wallace and the JD Motorsports #01 NASCAR Nationwide Series team are proud to announce their new primary sponsor for the first Nationwide New Car race at Daytona; G&K Services will move from a season-long Associate to the Title area on the 2010 Impala. The entire JD Motorsports team has benefitted from their G&K-provided uniform program. The team’s employees look and feel better,... more.
  • NAPA to sponsor Ryan Truex in NNS debut at Gateway 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race, THL Highlights, Team PR
    Michael Waltrip Racing announced today that NAPA AUTO PARTS will sponsor defending K&N Pro Series East champion and current points leader Ryan Truex, when he makes his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Gateway International Raceway on July 17. He’ll pilot the No. 00 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota at the St. Louis track with his East series crew chief Mike Greci helping to guide his way. Truex wil... more.
  • Red Bull Racing Sorenson, Speed Daytona Advance 0 CommentsPosted by THL on June 29, 2010 under Cup Series News, Pre Race
    RED BULL RACING TEAM DAYTONA DRIVERS: Scott Speed (No. 82) / Reed Sorenson (No. 83) EVENT: Daytona 400 (Sprint Cup) DATES: Thursday-Saturday, July 1-3, 2010 TRACK: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. + AS THEY SAY, WE’RE HALFWAY Seems like yesterday that we were at Daytona International Speedway. Actually, it was five months ago. 82 . SCOTT SPEED NO MAGIC AT THE MILE: Speed finis... more.
  • Stewart-Haas Teams Take Home Two Post Race Awards And Two Top-10 Finishes 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Cup Series News, Post Race
    Strategic calls on the pit box and hard driving helped both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams from Stewart-Haas Racing to collect two post-race contingency awards to go along with their top-10 finishes on Sunday at the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Strategic moves by crew chief Tony Gibson of the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet proved key to winni... more.
  • JRM Daytona News-Dale Jr. in No. 3, New Sponsor on No.7, Sacks in No.88 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. No. 3 Wrangler Chevrolet   “This will be a special weekend for us. We got together with Richard (Childress) and Teresa (Earnhardt) and put this deal together to honor my dad and his induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. We’re bringing back this Wrangler paint scheme because it’s kind of what started his whole persona as being the tough guy that he was. We have a lot ... more.
  • Keselowski on Debut of New Dodge Challenger and More 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
      This Week’s Challenger… The No. 22 Penske Racing Discount Tire Dodge Challenger team will use chassis PRS-203 during Friday’s 250-mile race at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). This is the first Dodge Challenger chassis built by the No. 22 team.  The No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger in 2010... After 16 races, Keselowski and the No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge team currently lead... more.
  • Bayne Back in Top-Ten Heading to Daytona 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    No. 99 OUT! Pet Care Toyota driver Trevor Bayne knows from experience that finishing a race in one piece at Daytona International Speedway has a lot to do with luck.  In the season opener, Bayne started the race 17th but only ran six laps before another competitor sent him into the outside retaining wall and ended his day with a 41st-place finish.  However, Bayne hopes his momentum from th... more.
  • Numblets.com to Sponsor Mark Green in No. 49 for Daytona 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    Numblets.com will be sponsoring  the 49 Chevrolet, Impala SS for The July 2, 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Race in Daytona. Numblets.com is pleased to announce that they will be the title sponsor on Jay Robinson's Racing #49 driven by Mark Green this weekend.  Being a new company, Numblets.com is excited to be a part of the tradition of NASCAR and Daytona.  We hope this is just the beginning of our in... more.
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